Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My confidence suffered so much that I failed to reach the 50-wicket mark in three successive County Championship campaigns with Middlesex . |
| 2 | It was only as we came in to Maidstone and I started looking for Hospital signs that I began to suffer the nervous Whirling Pits way down in my stomach . |
| 3 | It was on these - " moderate " walks that I came to appreciate the astonishing versatility of' the Dales , how inhospitably barren they can look from the brow of one hill , then how welcomingly like the gentle South Downs from the next ; how one village , little more than a pub and a row of stone cottages , might be as gaunt and forbidding as some remote Highland hamlet , while another will be so prettified and roses-round-the-door picturesque that , but for the backcloth of soaring hills or looming crags , and the uncoursed rubble walls wending like strips of children 's Plasticine up to the horizon , it could be in Mummerset . |
| 4 | It is against this background that I wish to consider the contemporary Crisis of Capitalism . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , Mama always made sure that I learned to do the practical stuff , as well as fine embroidery and canvas work , ’ Sally-Anne had said . |
| 6 | " I really have n't any particular interest in the sale , except that I want to do the best that I can for this retired artist , Sam Mills , " he said . |
| 7 | I am not so green that I expect to get the sole credit on this movie . |
| 8 | A quick sideways prod of the transfer gear-lever was all that I needed to give the big machine the traction of a funicular railway , as if an invisible cable winch was hauling me up . |
| 9 | on saving education , he said that I supposed to get the six teachers , he said I 'm gon na get rid of five he said and if I possible can I 'm going to make it four , that got ta remember those of you who are on protected salaries erm you again the pay and a half other members of staff and he said he wanted voluntary redundancies and early retirements where possible , you know , and also he had n't supposed to tell for a month so this will come out later in the year |
| 10 | Not that I have to make the same choices as someone I acknowledge to be more discriminating , since my differently constituted palate may react differently , but my own choice will be better informed if I heed nuances which I would have missed if he had not pointed them out . |
| 11 | I regret to say that I forgot to give the Vice Chairman 's apologies for non-attendance . |
| 12 | But the Prime Minister 's dominant recognition of the Labour threat was underscored by the fact that she chose to avoid the contentious issues of water and electricity privatisation , poll tax , the trade deficit , the European Community , and the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 13 | Things became so bad for the Charles Bal later on in the evening that she had to spend the entire night tacking back and forth south east of Krakatoa , probably remaining within twenty kilometres of it — the ash-fall from the eruption was so thick that Captain Watson could not see well enough to steer away to safety , but ironically , the glare from the volcano provided a weird and somewhat improbable lighthouse . |
| 14 | Charlotte then employed every sign that she knew to tell the other fishermen that none of them should put to sea on that day , to no avail . |
| 15 | Despite herself , she found that she wanted to comfort the old woman . |
| 16 | This grandmother was a lasting influence , ‘ because she always insisted that you had to have the best of everything . |
| 17 | I always knew that you had to have the important artists around too . |
| 18 | But the very fact that you are reading this book makes it probable that you wish to do the best for your health and that of your family ; so what I would like to look at here is what is the best and healthiest nutritional intake for your body . |
| 19 | To take an example , suppose that you wish to find the late annotations to a statute printed in the Continuation Volumes of Halsbury , such as the Children Act 1975 . |
| 20 | However , it could be that you want to send the same information to TV , radio , national dailies , the local evening paper and the weekly trade journals . |
| 21 | Before we go into the issues there , I notice that you appear to favour the dry-roasted peanuts as opposed to the more conventional variety of salted peanuts . |
| 22 | But the idea that you have to see the original film is misplaced and outmoded . |
| 23 | Is n't the problem that you have to replace the whole unit if something goes wrong ? |
| 24 | Ladies , you must be keenly interested in the rental of your home , especial ! y now that you have to pay the increased rate . |
| 25 | The only disadvantage in moving across is the fact that you need to process the resulting film or bromide photographically — an extra stage which costs both time and money . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , we give notice that we mean to bring the individual actors back from the wings later , because we believe that states and systems do not account for everything important in international relations . |
| 27 | Perhaps in the post-election ferment of thinking about where Scotland goes now it is even more important that we seek to discover the appropriate role for Christian Aid in that . |
| 28 | I hope that Opposition Members will accept in good faith the undertakings given by my right hon. and learned Friend and myself and that they will accept that we seek to find the best possible way forward to meet the important points about victimisation . |
| 29 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |